Crazy Azzes

Since the other thread died with the neighbors, I thought we could all pitch in crazy people we have to deal with.

My current one is my landlord. We're renting a house in Colorado and she's freaking out because the yard isn't as green as it was last year. Never mind the fact that we're under pretty extensive water restrictions (twice a week, no more than 3 hours on your days), haven't had any real rain to speak of since mid April, and her sprinkler system not working right. She brought out her own landscaper that told her repeatedly she has two many heads running at one time (9 heads in one zone) and the water pressure the city provides will be inadequate to power them all properly. This has caused some dead spots that I water by hand, but that's not good enough for her. According to her I need to be watering on other days too, which will get me a minimum $350 fine. When I mention that to her, she says she's going to evict me if I don't. Now lawyers are getting involved because I'm tired of her threats to evict my family. It's been interesting so far.

Depends, are you emailing and calling them several times a week to berate them about their friggin grass during a drought? One of her other tenants reached out to me last night actually. He's a sheriff's deputy and she's doing the same to him. He cannot file a complaint himself, but I can. I'm going to meet him for lunch today to see what can be done.

My landlord was at my door last Thursday evening waiting for me when I got home, or so I thought. She had been trying to get in, but her key wouldn't work. She insisted that I must have changed the locks, which seems like a good idea now. I pulled into my garage and shut the door behind me and my wife and I got out, unloaded our kid and put him in the house and then I went to answer her beating on my door. When I opened it, she demanded entrance to check the timer on our sprinkler system to verify when it was watering. I denied her entrance because I told her if she wanted that, she could get a court order, but how I spent my money on my utilities was my business, not hers, which is what both the utility company and our lawyer had instructed me to do.

She again demanded entrance and I again denied it. She said she would force her way past me if necessary. I told her that was fine, but if she entered the property, she would be viewed and treated as a threat to myself, my family and my property and would be dealt with as such until the police could arrive. I'm a "clyde" at most races I enter, she's 60+ years old and maybe 120 lbs.

She asked if I was threatening her, and I said no, I was making my intentions clear, just as I had told her that I was through with her passive-aggressive BS, if she entered the property, I intended to defend it, and it would not be pleasant for either of us. She again demanded entrance and screamed at me that I was worthless and she would have me evicted. I reached for the door and began to shut it and asked her as nicely as possible to leave or I would call the police and have her removed forcibly. She started the eviction threat again and I handed her a card for my lawyer and said "contact him". She got a bit more angry, which I didn't think was possible, and again demanded entrance. I just shut the door. She pulled out her phone and called someone, but I don't know who, and told them what I was doing. I don't know if they told her to leave or what, but she did. I'm just waiting for an eviction notice now.

I was watching this dove yesterday that was sitting on my neighbor's fence. Suddenly, the little bastid took off, flew over to my yard, landed on our birdbath and pooped a huge doveturd INTO the water!!! Then he took off and flew back to the neighbor's yard... He didn't even wipe...

My landlord was at my door last Thursday evening waiting for me when I got home, or so I thought. She had been trying to get in, but her key wouldn't work. She insisted that I must have changed the locks, which seems like a good idea now. I pulled into my garage and shut the door behind me and my wife and I got out, unloaded our kid and put him in the house and then I went to answer her beating on my door. When I opened it, she demanded entrance to check the timer on our sprinkler system to verify when it was watering. I denied her entrance because I told her if she wanted that, she could get a court order, but how I spent my money on my utilities was my business, not hers, which is what both the utility company and our lawyer had instructed me to do.

She again demanded entrance and I again denied it. She said she would force her way past me if necessary. I told her that was fine, but if she entered the property, she would be viewed and treated as a threat to myself, my family and my property and would be dealt with as such until the police could arrive. I'm a "clyde" at most races I enter, she's 60+ years old and maybe 120 lbs.

She asked if I was threatening her, and I said no, I was making my intentions clear, just as I had told her that I was through with her passive-aggressive BS, if she entered the property, I intended to defend it, and it would not be pleasant for either of us. She again demanded entrance and screamed at me that I was worthless and she would have me evicted. I reached for the door and began to shut it and asked her as nicely as possible to leave or I would call the police and have her removed forcibly. She started the eviction threat again and I handed her a card for my lawyer and said "contact him". She got a bit more angry, which I didn't think was possible, and again demanded entrance. I just shut the door. She pulled out her phone and called someone, but I don't know who, and told them what I was doing. I don't know if they told her to leave or what, but she did. I'm just waiting for an eviction notice now.

I have a neighbor who is extremely inconsiderate. He has a canoe on the side of his house which is just twenty feet from the side of my house. And he has a bad habit of working on it,at all hours of the night. It's a canoe so it doesn't have,a motor. But he has a large imagination and pretends it has a,motor.He makes zoom,zoom motor noises all
night long. Anybody else have such a rude
neighbor.

Originally Posted by mileslong

I passionately remove rocks and corners and other stuff I find too hard to ride.

I have a neighbor who is extremely inconsiderate. He has a canoe on the side of his house which is just twenty feet from the side of my house. And he has a bad habit of working on it,at all hours of the night. It's a canoe so it doesn't have,a motor. But he has a large imagination and pretends it has a,motor.He makes zoom,zoom motor noises all
night long. Anybody else have such a rude
neighbor.

She has to have a 'Valid' reason to enter the home ! . Usually, written 24 hour notice, or an emergency... like fire , flood...

Shytie,

Do you have a Video camera you're using to record your interactions with her??
An Eviction now, would be considered retaliation and usually not legal either.

It usually depends on the state. Where I'm renting my house, in Nevada, the owner of the property can enter at any time. As a courtesy, my landlord has in the lease that he can enter between 8 AM and 8 PM. Alternately, if the landlord enters and nobody is home, he has to leave written notice in a conspicuous place that he did so. It would be best for the OP to check his lease and state/local laws regarding rental properties.

Oh that reminds me of something from years ago. A friend had a neighbor that would mow his entire lawn every night from about 10 PM to midnight or so; early spring through late fall, rain or "shine". His riding mower even had headlights to facilitate this and he would hold an umbrella when it was raining. Yes he actually seemed to think he was mowing something, you could hear him engage the blades.

In CO, she can enter at any time if she so chooses, without my consent if I'm not home. However, she does have to have a valid reason, such as the home being on fire, fear that I'm damaging the property, a complaint from a neighbor, or something of that nature. If I'm home, I can deny her entry under the idea of keeping a happy home or some such reasoning according to the officer and lawyer I've talked with about her.

The other thing is that I had my lawyer send her an "official" letter stating that if she enters the home, she assumes all liability for anything in the home until I can return home, so if anything is damaged or messed with while she's there, it's on her. I always have bike parts scattered all over my garage area in various states of repair (I'm always playing with stuff) and if she bumps my work bench, she could scatter springs or seals or whatever all over the place.

At this point, I've filed an official complaint with both the housing authority, the realty board (I think that's what the lawyer called it?), and the police. The police filed it in as harassment of a mild nature. They should have already contacted her at this point to let her know the leash had been shortened for her. The realty board was because my buddy that's a realtor (she is too) said that she is held to a higher standard in how she handles tenants and such by them. He thinks this could cause her lots of problems with them and if nothing else, could cause her more scrutiny on future transactions. The housing authority is basically useless though. They told me to do my best to finish out my lease and then leave. They apparently can't do much unless she actually starts eviction proceedings.

At this point, I'm looking to purchase a home and see if I can't just get out of the lease. I'm sure there is some legal maneuvering to be done based on the way she is behaving. I truly believe she has had a few screws come loose since we signed the lease.